Pride of Baltimore

C.V Starr Center staffers, along with affiliated students, fellows, and friends, boarded the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction 1812 top-sail schooner, to celebrate the kickoff of Downrigging Weekend and the history of the Chesapeake. The Presidential Fellows joined the Chester River waters on the Kalmar Nyckel and the Center for Environment & Society on the Lady Maryland. The night ended with spectacular fireworks over the illuminated tall ships.

Despite the threat of raging snowstorms, Baltimore alumni were determined to brave the elements to celebrate friendship and WC’s founding patron, George Washington. On February 12, a smaller but mighty crowd gathered at Blue Hill...